[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 5872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2667]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1248-DR]


U.S. Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 4 to Notice of a Major 
Disaster Declaration

AGENCY:  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the 
U.S. Virgin Islands (FEMA-1248-DR), dated September 24, 1998, and 
related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated January 20, 2000, the President concurred with the Director's 
recommendation to adjust the cost sharing arrangements concerning 
Federal funds provided under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 51521 et seq.), 
and the Insular Areas Act (10 U.S.C. 1469a(d) in a letter to James L. 
Witt, Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
resulting from Hurricane Georges on September 19-22, 1998, is of 
sufficient severity and magnitude that special conditions are 
warranted regarding the cost sharing arrangements for Federal funds 
provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended (``the Stafford Act'').
    Therefore, I concur with your recommendation to amend my 
declaration of September 24, 1998 to authorize Federal funds for the 
Individual and Family Grant, Public Assistance, and Hazard 
Mitigation Grant Programs at 90 percent of total eligible costs.
    Please notify the Federal Coordinating Officer of this amendment 
to my major disaster declaration.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community 
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis 
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program)

James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-2667 Filed 2-4-00; 8:45 am]
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